Bullshit vs Crap - What's the difference?
bullshit | crap |
(literally) The faeces of a bull.
(vulgar, slang) False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.
(vulgar, slang) A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing; also known as "BS", "Cheat" or "I Doubt It".
(vulgar, slang) An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.
(vulgar, slang) Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.
(vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
(vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point.
(vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.
(vulgar, slang)
(obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
(slang) Something of poor quality.
(slang, vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.
(slang, vulgar) Faeces or feces.
(slang, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
(slang) Useless object or entity.
(vulgar, slang) To defecate.
(chiefly, UK, colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) Of poor quality.
(slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.
Crap is a synonym of bullshit.
In vulgar slang terms the difference between bullshit and crap
is that bullshit is An expression of disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.crap is to defecate.bullshit
English
(wikipedia bullshit)Noun
(-)- Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit .
- Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit ?
- That's total bullshit ! I called your office and they said you never came in!
See also
* bullcrap * horseshit * See alsoSynonyms
* BS * bull * bulldada * bull puckey * bushwah * (card game) cheat, I doubt itDerived terms
* bullshido * bullshitter * bullshitty * bullshoot * bullshotAdjective
(en adjective)- That's the most bullshit excuse I've ever heard.
Verb
- I think you're bullshitting . Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
- You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
- He caught my attention with irrelevant asides that didn’t quite make sense, but sounded very erudite if you didn’t think about it too much. In other words, I noticed that he was bullshitting . http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002815.php
- I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.
- We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn't know any songs.
Interjection
crap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, . Related to (l).Noun
(en-noun)- The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
- The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap .
- ''I have to take a crap
- What is that?'' ''It's just a bunch of crap
Verb
(crapp)Derived terms
* crap on - (UK) To talk at length in a foolish or boring way. * To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.Adjective
(crapper)- I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Alternative forms
* crappy (chiefly, North America)Synonyms
* lousy * shit * shite * bollocks * piss * fuck * DeuceInterjection
(en interjection)- Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!
- Crap! I lost the game.
- What the crap ?!
- Aw, crap , I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.